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The company鈥檚 AI assistant aims to simplify sales and marketing processes and boost efficiency.

September was style month, with Walmart hitting New York Fashion Week, Levi鈥檚 launching an app for stylist recommendations, Old Navy going vintage, and more. See who else made our September unofficial most interesting retailers List.

Although every app category will gain users in 2023, the average smartphone owner will install and open fewer individual apps as consumers settle on their favorites.

On today's podcast episode, we discuss why many retailers are choosing now to launch peer-to-peer marketplaces, why consumers might choose IKEA鈥檚 resale platform versus the already established players like Facebook Marketplace and eBay, and what they need to be successful. Listen to the conversation with our analyst Sara Lebow as she hosts analysts Sky Canaves and Sarah Marzano.

On today's podcast episode, we discuss if big tech executives will soon be held responsible for what happens on their platforms, whether Walmart+ is now a legitimate threat to Amazon Prime, how much swapping out barcodes for QR codes moves the needle, how early is too early for holiday marketing, why dogs tilt their heads, and more. Tune in to the discussion with our director of reports editing Rahul Chadha, and analysts Sarah Marzano and Carina Perkins.

Behind the hype around composable commerce, there are pros and cons that retailers should consider before shaking up their business operations.

Apple鈥檚 credit card, BNPL product, and savings account put it in direct competition with financial services incumbents. With 130.1 million US iOS users loyal to its unsurpassed UX and dominant digital platform, the threat will only grow.

The rise of shopping apps selling ultralow-cost goods from China is drawing more value-driven US consumers. But are their strategies sustainable over the long term?

The 2022 holiday season鈥檚 solid retail sales gains were mostly attributable to inflation, but they nevertheless paint a cautiously optimistic picture for the 2023 holiday season.

Our complete estimates for retail ecommerce in Latin America also include mcommerce, product category, and digital buyer metrics. We鈥檝e reduced our retail ecommerce forecast for the region. The revisions were based on new data released by local sources that allowed us to gain further insight and clarity into the size of several countries鈥� ecommerce markets, including Mexico, Chile, Colombia, and Peru.

During the season of giving, one gift that retailers can truly bank on is partnership marketing. Partnerships not only provide a host of benefits like extended reach and enhanced credibility, they can also make the holiday season considerably more profitable.

Over a quarter of digital time is spent with a CTV, but less than 10% of US digital ad dollars flow into CTV.

Nearly 4 in 5 people in the US own a smartphone, per our March 2023 forecast. US adults check their phones an average of 114 times each day, and usually do so within the first 10 minutes of waking, per a Reviews.org study.

Last week, Target announced it was adding 1,000 new wellness-related products, some of which are priced at just $1.99.The retailer also launched an 鈥渙nline wellness destination鈥� that consumers can visit for product recommendations, deals, meal inspirations, and wellness tips and tricks.

The partnership is part of the BNPL provider鈥檚 operational overhaul and pivot to a fully white-label strategy

To retain existing customer relationships and forge new ones, Adobe鈥檚 2023 Digital Trends: Retail in Focus report found that crafting impactful, hyperpersonal shopping experiences is essential. Learn how retail leaders can meet consumers鈥� rising expectations across all channels for a more efficient year鈥檚 end.

On today's podcast episode, our contestants compete in The Great Behind the Numbers Take Off, 2024 mobile trends edition, where they will try and cook up the most interesting predictions for the coming year. They'll discuss how shoppable media will evolve on mobile devices, where mobile ad dollars are moving to, and why foldable phones are here to stay. Tune in to the discussion with our analysts Peter Newman, Andrew Spink, and Yory Wurmser.

On today's podcast episode, we discuss the unofficial list of the most interesting retailers for the month of August. Each month, our analysts Arielle Feger, Becky Schilling, and Sara Lebow (aka The Committee) put together a very unofficial list of the top eight retailers they're watching based on which are making the most interesting moves: Who's launching new initiatives? Which partnerships are moving the needle? Which standout marketing campaigns are being created? In this month's episode, Committee members Arielle Feger and Sara Lebow will defend their list against analysts Blake Droesch and Sarah Marzano, who will dispute the power rankings by attempting to move retailers up, down, on, or off the list.

And I think we see this generally with mobile commerce usage in the US. It's been a very gradual shift from mobile browser shopping to app-based shopping. Part of that is generational and another part is just the incentives and ease of use of apps and payments, for example. Sara Lebow:. Yeah, that makes sense.

Walmart has an unprecedented opportunity to gain ground on Amazon: The big-box retailer is taking advantage of the latter鈥檚 state of disarray to reassert its dominance and take the lead on innovation.

On today's podcast episode, we discuss what Chipotle has that Starbucks is trying to gain, how Starbucks can turn the ship around, and what its struggles tell us about the greater retail world. Listen to the conversation with our analyst Sara Lebow as she hosts analyst Sky Canaves and vice president of content Suzy Davidkhanian.

In the US, just 18% of adults say they鈥檝e used livestream and video ecommerce, according to an October 2022 Insider Intelligence survey with Bizrate Insights. Brands shouldn鈥檛 shy away from livestream shopping in the US, but they need to be intentional about how they implement it.

Despite slow US adoption and economic downturn affecting advertising, TikTok鈥檚 1 billion daily users and Instagram鈥檚 exit from live shopping present opportunities for growth.

Apple will use its gains from AppTrackingTransparency to launch a demand-side platform, and QR-launched augmented reality will help rejuvenate out-of-home advertising. Find out what else our analysts predict will impact mobile advertising this year.

The cost-of-living crisis is forcing UK consumers to change where they shop to save money. To attract and keep customers, retailers and brands across all sectors need to invest in loyalty programs鈥攁nd understand what shoppers want from them.